www.arves.org - FIDE 5th World Cup 2017

Prelimary award results of the FIDE 5th World Cup 2017.

[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "2nd prize, Fide World Cup 2017, Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo ""] 
 [ECO ""] [TimeControl ""] [WhiteElo ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3b4/P2P4/q7/6kB/8/5R2/p7/K4R2 w - - 0 1"] 
 1. Rf5+ (1. Be8 {?} 1... Qxa7 2. Rf5+ Kh4)(1. Rg1+ {?} 1... Kh4 2. Bg6 Bf6+) 1... Kh6 (1... Kh4 2. Be2 Qxa7 3. R1f4+ Kh3 4. Rg4) 2. Be8 (2. Bd1 {?} 2... Qxa7 3. Rf6+ Kg7 4. Rf7+ Kh6)(2. Be2 {?} 2... Qxa7 3. Rf6+ Kg7 4. R6f4 Qa5) 2... Qxa7 3. Rf6+ (3. Rh5+ {?} 3... Kg7 4. Rf7+ Kg8) 3... Bxf6+ (3... Kg7 4. Rg6+)(3... Kg5 4. Rg6+) 4. Rxf6+ {[%t Shrt] Main A} 4... Kg5 ({[%t bShr] Main B } 4... Kg7 5. Rg6+ {[%t Shrt] Main b1} (5. Rf7+ {?} 5... Kg8 6. d8=Q Qd4+ 7. Qxd4)(5. d8=Q Qg1+ 6. Kxa2 Qg2+ 7. Kb3 Qg3+ 8. Kc4 Qg4+ 9. Kc5 Qg5+)5... Kh7 ({[%t bShr] Main B2 } 5... Kf8 6. d8=R (6. d8=Q {?} 6... Qg1+ 7. Rxg1)6... Qc7 (6... Qa5 7. Rgd6 Qc3+ 8. Kxa2 Qc2+ 9. Ka3 Qc3+ 10. Ka4 Qc4+ 11. Ka5 Ke7 (11... Qc5+ 12. Bb5+)12. R6d7+)7. Rgd6 Ke7 8. R6d7+)6. d8=R (6. d8=Q {?} 6... Qd4+ 7. Qxd4)6... Qc7 7. Rgd6 Qc3+ 8. Kxa2 Qc2+ 9. Ka3 Qc3+ 10. Ka4 Qc4+ 11. Ka5) 5. Rg6+ (5. d8=Q {?} 5... Qd4+ 6. Qxd4) 5... Kf5 6. d8=R (6. d8=Q {?} 6... Qd4+ 7. Qxd4) 6... Qc5 7. Rgd6 Qc1+ 8. Kxa2 Qc2+ 9. Ka3 Qc3+ 10. Ka4 Qc4+ 11. Ka5 1-0

[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "4th prize, Fide World Cup 2017, Vladislav Tarasiuk"] [Black "(version)"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo ""] 
 [ECO ""] [TimeControl ""] [WhiteElo ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K4B1/pP3p2/1kp5/p7/5p2/1P1P2P1/p4q2/2B5 w - - 0 1"] 
 1. Kc8 {!} ({Try:} 1. Ka8 {?} 1... Kb5 {!} 2. b8=Q+ (2. d4 Kb4 3. b8=Q+ Kc3)2... Qb6 3. Qxf4 Qd8+) 1... Ka6 {!!} (1... Kb5 2. b8=Q+ Qb6 3. Qxf4 a1=Q {?!} 4. Qc4#)(1... Kc5 2. b8=Q a1=Q 3. Qxa7+ Kb4 4. Qxf2 {+?-}) 2. Bxf7 {!} (2. b8=Q {?} 2... Qb6 3. Qe5 fxg3 4. Be3 Qb7+ 5. Kd8 Qxb3 6. Kc7 Qb7+ 7. Kd8 Qb3) 2... Qc5 3. Bc4+ Qxc4 {!} 4. dxc4 {!} ({Thematic try:} 4. bxc4 {?} 4... a1=Q 5. b8=N+ Kb6 {draw, e.g.} 6. Bb2 Qxb2 7. Nd7+ Ka6 8. Nc5+ Kb6 9. Na4+ Ka6 10. Nxb2 fxg3 11. Na4 g2 12. Nc5+ Kb6 13. Nd7+ Ka6 14. Kc7 a4) 4... a1=Q 5. Bb2 {!!} ({Thematic try:} 5. b8=N+ {?} 5... Kb6 6. Bb2 Qb1 {(e1)!} (6... Qxb2 {?} 7. Nd7+ {see main line})(6... Qh1 {?} 7. Nd7+ Ka6 8. Nc5+ Kb6 9. Bd4 {!} 9... Qh3+ 10. g4 {!} 10... Qxg4+ 11. Nd7+ Ka6 12. Kc7 {+?-})7. Nd7+ Ka6 8. Nc5+ Kb6 9. Na4+ Ka6)(5. b8=Q {?} 5... Qh8+ 6. Kc7 Qe5+ {!}) 5... Qxb2 (5... Qe1 6. b8=Q Qe8+ 7. Kc7 Qe7+ 8. Kxc6 {+?-}) 6. b8=N+ {!} 6... Kb6 7. Nd7+ Ka6 8. Nc5+ (8. Kc7 {?} 8... Qg7) 8... Kb6 9. Na4+ Ka6 10. Nxb2 fxg3 11. Na4 {!} ({Try:} 11. Nd3 {?} 11... a4 (11... g2 {?} 12. Nc5+ Kb6 13. Nd7+ {see main line}{+?-})12. b4 Kb6 {!}{-?+}) 11... g2 12. Nc5+ Kb6 13. Nd7+ Ka6 14. Kc7 g1=Q 15. Nb8# 1-0

[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "1st honourable mention, Fide World Cup 2017, Yochanan Afek"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo ""] 
 [ECO ""] [TimeControl ""] [WhiteElo ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4b1k1/K2R1Npq/8/5pP1/6P1/1B6/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] 
 1. Nd8+ Kh8 (1... Kf8 2. Ne6+ Kg8 3. Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 4. Nxg7+ Kxg7) 2. Re7 Bg6 (2... Qh2 3. Rxe8+ Kh7 4. gxf5 Qf2+ 5. Ka6 Qxf5 6. Ne6 Qd3+ 7. Kb6 Qd6+ 8. Kb7 Qd7+ 9. Nc7) 3. Bf7 (3. gxf5 Qh2 4. fxg6 Qxa2+ 5. Bxa2 {=}) 3... Bxf7 (3... Qh3 4. Re8+ Kh7 5. Bg8+ Kh8 6. Nf7+ Bxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kh7 8. g6+ Kh6 9. Rh8+) 4. Nxf7+ Kg8 5. g6 Qxg6 6. Ne5 Qf6 (6... Qd6 7. Re8+ Kh7 8. Rh8+ Kxh8 9. Nf7+) 7. Re8+ Kh7 8. g5 Qxg5 9. Rh8+ Kxh8 10. Nf7+ Kh7 11. Nxg5+ Kh6 12. Nf7+ (12. Nf3 g5 13. Kb6 g4 14. Ne5 Kg5) 12... Kg6 13. Ne5+ (13. Nd6 Kf6 14. a4 g5 15. a5 g4 16. a6 g3) 13... Kf6 14. Nd3 g5 15. Kb6 f4 16. Kc5 f3 17. Kd4 g4 18. Nc5 (18. Ke4 Ke6 19. a4 f2 20. Nxf2 g3 21. Nd3 g2 22. Nf4+ Kd6 23. Nxg2 Kc5 24. Kd3 Kb4)(18. Ke3 Ke6 19. Nf2 (19. Kf4 Kd5 20. Kxg4 Kc4)19... g3 20. Ne4 g2 21. Ng5+ Kd5 22. Nxf3 Kc4) 18... Kf5 19. a4 g3 20. Ke3 g2 21. Kf2 Ke5 22. a5 Kd6 23. a6 Kc7 24. a7 1-0

[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "2nd honourable mention, Fide World Cup 2017, Vladimir Samilo"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo ""] 
 [ECO ""] [TimeControl ""] [WhiteElo ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n1K4/1P1P1rP1/1P6/8/8/2p4p/2p3R1/k7 w - - 0 1"] 
 1. Rg1+ (1. Rxc2 Rxg7 (1... Rxd7+ 2. Kc8 Rxg7 3. Kxb8 Rh7 4. Ka8 Kb1 5. Rxc3 h2 6. b8=Q h1=Q+ 7. b7)) 1... Kb2 2. g8=Q Rxd7+ (2... h2 3. Rh1) 3. Kc8 h2 (3... Rd1 4. Rg5 c1=Q 5. Rb5+ Kc2 6. Qb3+ Kd2 7. Qa2+) 4. Rh1 (4. Rf1 Rd1 5. Rf5 h1=Q 6. Rb5+ Kc1 7. Qg5+ Rd2 8. Kxb8 Qg2) 4... c1=Q 5. Rxc1 Kxc1 6. Qh8 (6. Qg5+ Rd2 (6... Kb2 7. Qh5 c2 8. Qxh2)) 6... Kb1 ({[%t bShr] Or } 6... c2 7. Qxh2 Kb1) 7. Qxh2 c2 8. Qxb8 (8. Qxc2+ Kxc2 9. Kxb8 Rd3)(8. Qh1+ c1=Q+ 9. Qxc1+ Kxc1 10. Kxb8 Rd2) 8... Rf7 9. Qc7 Rf8+ 10. Kd7 c1=Q 11. Qxc1+ (11. b8=Q Qd1+ (11... Rxb8 12. Qxb8 Qd1+ 13. Qd6)12. Ke7 Rxb8 13. Qxb8 Qe2+) 11... Kxc1 12. Kc7 (12. Kc6 {?} 12... Kb2 13. Kb5 Kb3 14. Ka6 Kb4 15. Ka7 Kb5) 12... Rf7+ 13. Kc6 Rf8 14. Kb5 Kb2 15. Ka6 Kb3 16. Ka7 Kb4 (16... Rf7 17. Ka8) 17. b8=Q {+⁠−} 1-0